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Post by Bwoods11 on Jul 30, 2021 8:08:25 GMT -6
I stopped at my 148 yesterday to check the trees, and grasses. I heard three roosters in about 10 min, so I am encouraged that they are doing fine. Just enough water out there, and I noticed some grasshoppers for the chicks!
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Post by smsmith on Jul 30, 2021 8:13:56 GMT -6
I stopped at my 148 yesterday to check the trees, and grasses. I heard three roosters in about 10 min, so I am encouraged that they are doing fine. Just enough water out there, and I noticed some grasshoppers for the chicks!The grasshoppers are really thick here
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 1, 2021 17:38:21 GMT -6
she has two chicks.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 2, 2021 9:25:41 GMT -6
she has two chicks. I saw more pheasants and turkeys with chicks this weekend.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 15, 2022 15:13:39 GMT -6
I tell you what we have a lot of snow in Western Mn . I took a spin today to look for pheasants. Luckily we have some shelterbelts, brushy slough edges. Every bird was in there. You can’t even see the native grasses, they are buried.
I’ve argued this with DNR and they just don’t think it’s that important. I believe without it, the survival would be much lower.
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 15, 2022 19:08:48 GMT -6
I tell you what we have a lot of snow in Western Mn . I took a spin today to look for pheasants. Luckily we have some shelterbelts, brushy slough edges. Every bird was in there. You can’t even see the native grasses, they are buried. I’ve argued this with DNR and they just don’t think it’s that important. I believe without it, the survival would be much lower. Do they consider pheasants an invasive species and really don’t give a darn? Our old wildlife manager told me how important shelter belts are and where to plant them. I think the new generation has more ecologists .
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Post by badgerfowl on Jan 15, 2022 23:25:28 GMT -6
I tell you what we have a lot of snow in Western Mn . I took a spin today to look for pheasants. Luckily we have some shelterbelts, brushy slough edges. Every bird was in there. You can’t even see the native grasses, they are buried. I’ve argued this with DNR and they just don’t think it’s that important. I believe without it, the survival would be much lower. Do they consider pheasants an invasive species and really don’t give a darn? Our old wildlife manager told me how important shelter belts are and where to plant them. I think the new generation has more ecologists . They aren’t native. Maybe that’s why they aren’t a priority. Plus how many people really pheasant hunt?
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 16, 2022 5:18:31 GMT -6
Do they consider pheasants an invasive species and really don’t give a darn? Our old wildlife manager told me how important shelter belts are and where to plant them. I think the new generation has more ecologists . They aren’t native. Maybe that’s why they aren’t a priority. Plus how many people really pheasant hunt? In Minnesota our waterfowl hunters have shrunk drastically in numbers also. There are probably larger numbers of hunters where the game is more plentiful.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 16, 2022 8:59:28 GMT -6
Pheasants Forever has bought land in several counties for public hunting. Then it turns it over to the DNR ? Which then mismanages the parcel.
In my part of the state every public parcel of land should have a 5 or 10 row tree habitat block with updated native grasses and food plots.
Why buy the land if you don’t properly manage it ?
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 16, 2022 9:16:54 GMT -6
In se mn the limiting factor is usually nesting cover. Pheasant numbers here are pretty poor unless there is crp. If there is good winter cover near those crp areas then the pheasant numbers can be really good.
Those good bird wintering areas always hold a bunch of other game animals as well, so those windbreaks and brushy areas should be encouraged.
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 16, 2022 12:39:35 GMT -6
Pheasants Forever has bought land in several counties for public hunting. Then it turns it over to the DNR ? Which then mismanages the parcel. In my part of the state every public parcel of land should have a 5 or 10 row tree habitat block with updated native grasses and food plots. Why buy the land if you don’t properly manage it ? They are managing it for pollinators and native prairie, not for pheasants and deer. Heaven forbid if there was an acre of corn on there that might harm the pollinators. Sarcasm intended. When the wildlife management areas are surrounded by corn and beans, another acre or two of corn or beans on the WMA is not significant .
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Post by kooch on Jan 16, 2022 14:27:15 GMT -6
Pheasants Forever has bought land in several counties for public hunting. Then it turns it over to the DNR ? Which then mismanages the parcel. In my part of the state every public parcel of land should have a 5 or 10 row tree habitat block with updated native grasses and food plots. Why buy the land if you don’t properly manage it ? They are managing it for pollinators and native prairie, not for pheasants and deer. Heaven forbid if there was an acre of corn on there that might harm the pollinators. Sarcasm intended. When the wildlife management areas are surrounded by corn and beans, another acre or two of corn or beans on the WMA is not significant . It might be significant if all the corn and beans around it are harvested.
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 16, 2022 19:31:25 GMT -6
They are managing it for pollinators and native prairie, not for pheasants and deer. Heaven forbid if there was an acre of corn on there that might harm the pollinators. Sarcasm intended. When the wildlife management areas are surrounded by corn and beans, another acre or two of corn or beans on the WMA is not significant . It might be significant if all the corn and beans around it are harvested. I need to clarify my post. The additional 1 acre of beans or corn will have no significant impact on the pollinators in the area that the state managers worry about. One acre more in Thousands of additional surrounding acres does no significant harm.
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Post by kooch on Jan 16, 2022 19:33:11 GMT -6
roger. now I get it.
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Post by kooch on Mar 18, 2023 18:54:30 GMT -6
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